A.D.D. and Success (Paperback)

~ Lynn Weiss (Author)

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Product Description

An acclaimed A.D.D. expert tells the stories of 16 individuals who have learned to incorporate A.D.D. attributes positively into their lives.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing; 1 edition (August 25, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878339949
• ISBN-13: 978-0878339945
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,351,476 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Looking at ADD from a positive ADD Perspective, January 12, 2000

By	Paul Weissleder (New York City) - See all my reviews

Before reading this book, I knew little about the elements that come together to give a person the advantages and challenges of ADD. I just thought it was a fancy name for hyperactivity. Obviously, this book will not make you an expert overnight, but will help by revealing the personal experiences of people who got the right kind of help and support for getting around certain ADD challenges they faced. They did not all have the same problems, nor did they find the same solutions. What they did have in common was a special talent for adaptation that was like a second sense. Finding out how they acquired these talents makes the book more than worth reading. I would read anything on this subject by Lynn Weiss.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's about time!, July 1, 1999

By A Customer

Well, it's about time somebody stands up and lets others know ADD can be a positve thing.This book is great. Lynn Weiss looks at A.D.D. as a different way of thinking rather than the disability that others have made us believe it is. She is one of the few people that isn't trying the CURE A.D.D. Maybe the rest of the A.D.D. community will start thinking that way too!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Somehow Unsatisfying, October 26, 2005

By	Melanie (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This book left me wanting. I hear a lot of rhetoric all the time about the positive aspects of ADD so I wanted some guidance on maximizing mine, and finding a good professional niche that would finally pull things together for me. This wasn't it.

It is really just a collection of stories about people who have found unusual work. But almost all of the individuals "fell" into their solution. So the message is hang out until something falls into your lap? Not helpful.

Other stories involved people who had advantages often not available to an ADD adult who has little money or education due to lack of treament -- due to little money -- due to lack of treatment -- due to little money....

I would have liked to see more practical examples, showing why the solution was well suited for the particular ADD type, and how success was acheived step by step so that I can see some clear possibilities and, most importantly, realistic options as an ADD'er.

Kudos for the positive approach though!